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By not in system - AOL NewsHONOLULU -- Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed same-sex civil unions into law Wednesday, calling it "a triumph for everyone" that gay and lesbian couples will have the same state rights as married partners. Civil unions in the Rainbow State would start Jan. 1, 2012, making Hawaii the seventh state to permit civil unions or similar legal recognitions for gay couples. Five other states and the District of Columbia allow same-sex marriage. "This bill represents equal rights for everyone in Hawaii, everyone who comes here. This is to me the essence of the aloha spirit," Abercrombie said at a ...
Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle Vetoes Same-Sex Partners Benefits Bill
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyAfter much thought, Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle says she found her state's civil unions benefits bill to be "essentially same-sex marriage by another name." So on the final day allowed for her to sign the legislation into law or veto it, she chose the latter. Lingle, a Republican, said Tuesday, "There has not been a bill that I have contemplated more or an issue I have thought about more deeply" in nearly two terms as governor, the Associated Press reported. "But I have been open and consistent in my opposition to same-sex marriage." The rejected legislation granted gay men and lesbian couples ...
Denish vs. Martinez for New Mexico Governor: A Rare 2-Woman Race
By Jill Lawrence - Politics DailyIt says something about how far women haven't come that the governor's race in New Mexico is only the country's third to feature a woman competing against a woman. In this case it will be Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, a former businesswoman and state party chair, versus Republican Susana Martinez, a district attorney with a crime-fighter reputation. Denish has been second in command to Gov. Bill Richardson for eight years and is trying to convince voters she represents a break from the past (one of her slogans is "A New Way Forward"). Martinez's Web site features a strategy memo that ...
Newt Gingrich Nailin' Sarah Palin's Political Coffin Shut
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyNewt Gingrich is making a genius out of me. I've been saying for a long time that the GOP is looking to jettison Sarah Palin as a candidate for 2012. While I have accumulated a mountain of evidence of this, Gingrich pretty much spells it out. Asked, by Christianity Today, who are the GOP's leaders, with Palin and Jindal as a starting point (Who do you see as the emerging leaders in the Republican Party: Bobby Jindal, Sarah Palin?) , Gingrich goes through every Republican he can think of, even someone named Linda Lingle, but... You didn't mention Sarah Palin. Wow, there seems to be a lot of ...
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